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,,use ,,and ,,abuse                     
,,of                             ,,the  
,,church ,,bells1                       
,,with                  ,practical      
,suggestions concerning them4           
,,by                            ,,walter
 ,,blunt1 ,a4,m41                       
,a ,,priest ,,of ,,the ,,english        
,,church4                               
,,london3                    ,,joseph   
,,masters1 ,,aldersgate ,,street4       
,,mdcccxlvi4                            
,,london3                               
,,printed ,,by ,,joseph ,,masters1      
,,aldersgate ,,street4     ,,the ,,use  
,,and ,,abuse ,,of ,,the ,,church       
,,bells4   ,it has fallen to the        
writer's lot1 in the ,divine            
dispensation1 to be entrusted with the  
care1 or joint care1 of very many       
parishes in various parts of ,england3  
and he knows not any one external       

matter1 common to them all1 and to the  
neighbourhoods surrounding them1 which  
has caused him more pain than the       
ordinary use1 and the almost utter      
neglect for their own proper purposes1  
of the ,church ,bells4  ,indeed1 so much
 is the proper use of these holy        
instruments of edification 7for such    
they really are7 generally lost sight   
of1 that among all the ,new ,churches   
which have been builded during the last 
few years1 scarcely any have more than  
one ,bell2 a greater number being       
considered a vain superfluity1 a kind of
 ecclesiastical luxury--or1 by deeper   
thinkers1 a link between the ,church and
 the world 7and that often in its       
fiercest contentions1 vainest hours1 and
 most carnal aspect7 which we may well  
be rid of4  ,in our older ,churches1 the
 position of the ,belfry 7on the floor  
of the ,church1 immediately             
communicating with the ,nave1 generally 
laid entirely open to it1 often1 too1   
having no other entrance1 and not       

unfrequently forming the passage between
 the ,nave and ,chancel7 is sufficient  
to point out to every thinking person in
 the parish the very sacred character   
which was attached to their ,bells when 
they were first hung1 the holy purposes 
to which they were dedicated--and how   
solemn a matter1 how truly a service of 
,,almighty ,,god1 the ,ringing of them  
was then esteemed4  ,in other ,churches1
 almost always of a later date1 we find 
the original position of the ,ringers at
 a higher level1 upon a floor in the    
,tower4 ,but the ,belfry was still laid 
open1 by an arch1 to the body of the    
,church--thus yielding evidence that the
 ,ringing of the ,bells was still       
esteemed a very sacred thing4  ,in many 
,churches of more recent foundation1 but
 chiefly in such as have been builded   
within the last #bjj years1 we meet with
 a sad evidence of a decay of this      
feeling1 or rather principle2 in that   
the ,belfry is placed high up in the    
,tower1 and quite shut out from the body

 of the ,church3--until1 at last1 it has
 come to pass 7and this1 too1 is the    
case in some ,churches1 of #aej years   
old7 that the ,belfry is most frequently
 entirely omitted2 and ,churches of     
considerable size and pretensions are   
erected with only a single ,call-,bell4 
,but while this result has been coming  
to pass--7and it has been not a little  
hastened by mercenary hearts and        
sacrilegious hands1 in the robbery of   
many of our older ,churches of their    
,bells7 another change has gradually    
been taking place of a still more       
mischievous character4 ,in various      
records which have come down to us1     
bearing date about the times of the     
,reformation1 reference is often made   
to1 and sufficient evidence is given of1
 the superstitious usage of ,church     
,bells3 and there is1 too1 room for but 
little doubt that they1 as well as the  
,church itself1 were in those later ages
 frequently applied to profane purposes4
  ,again1 the ,rules and doggrel verses 

7generally from one to two hundred years
 old7 which remain in many of our       
,belfries1 while they often show that   
the ,bells were still used for holy     
purposes1 and according to their        
original design1 afford alas6 a         
melancholy evidence that the ,ringing of
 them was no longer esteemed a sacred   
service4  ,toward the latter half of the
 last century--7that worst age of the   
,english ,church7 the ,ringing of the   
,church ,bells became a fashionable     
amusement among the ,yeomanry and       
,gentry1 and was degraded to the level  
on which the hurdle-race and            
steeple-chase now stand2--and while     
their sweet voices were seldom heard for
 any holy purpose1 they were made       
continually to wake the echoes of the   
neighbourhood1 in no more noble cause1  
for no more sacred object1 than the     
battue-shooting of the present day4     
,this amusement1 however1 at any rate in
 most parts of the country1 has long ago
 8become vulgar0 and 8gone out of       

fashion03--till at last our             
,belfries--though dedicated to ,,god',s 
service--are left in a state of filthy  
dilapidation1 receptacles for dirt and  
rubbish of all kinds1 and very          
frequently the drinking-place of the    
most profane and profligate persons in  
the parish2 who--totally ignorant of the
 sacred character1 and ,heavenly uses1  
of those holy instruments they are      
desecrating--ring the ,bells for their  
amusement1 amid oaths and obscenity1 and
 sell their voices1 for drink-money1 for
 any worldly purpose--who ring 8the     
muffled0 or 8the merry peal0 for the    
rich man's sorrow or rejoicing1 but     
never send forth a sound of unbought    
sympathy with the poor4  ,far better    
would it be than this that our ,bells   
should be altogether soundless--or that 
our ,towers 7as is generally the case   
with modern ,churches7 should possess   
but one4  ,it is to point out the proper
 use of the ,church ,bells--and how very
 beneficial may be their influence when 

rightly put forth1 what powerful        
coadjutors they may be made to the      
pastoral office--and also to give to his
 brother clergy the benefit 7such as it 
is7 of his own experience in the        
management of them1--that the writer has
 put together the following brief       
observations and suggestions3 but1      
concerning which1 he would humbly and   
earnestly express a hope that no one    
will act upon them1 until he can himself
 realize the ,church's system on which  
they are grounded4 ,it would be far     
better that one who 7from whatever      
cause7 is not endeavouring to spread    
practical holiness among his people1    
according to the ,church's method1      
7which such as have tried it1 and other 
methods1 well know to be the only       
successful one7--it would be far better 
that he should be content with silencing
 the ,bells altogether1 or preventing   
them being rung on improper occasions1  
than that he should introduce a system  
into his parish1 which1 in such a case1 

would be an unreal one--and1 as such1   
would be hurtful1 instead of beneficial 
to his flock4  ,in the ordinarily       
received formularies and ,canons of the 
,english ,church--,i mean those which   
have been put forward subsequent to her 
,reformation--there is not much special 
notice of the ,church-,bells to be      
found4 ,at the period of the            
,reformation1 and for some time after1  
the use seems to have been generally    
understood and acted upon2 and thus 8a  
law of custom0 superseded the necessity 
of any written law4 ,little1 therefore1 
in the way of positive command was      
enacted1 except for the abolition of    
certain evil habits which had grown up4 
,those notices1 however1 which do occur 
in the laws of our ,church during the   
last two hundred and fifty years1 are   
quite sufficient to show that she now   
recognizes their ancient holy uses1 and 
no others4  ,preface to the ,book of    
,common ,prayer4      8,and all ,priests
 and ,deacons are to say daily the      

,morning and     ,evening ,prayer1      
either privately or openly1 not being   
let     by sickness or some other urgent
 cause4 ,and the ,curate that           
ministereth in every parish church or   
chapel1 being at home1     and not being
 otherwise reasonably hindered1 shall   
say the same     in the parish church or
 chapel where he ministereth1 and shall 
cause a ,bell to be tolled thereunto a  
convenient time before he     begin1    
that the people may come to hear        
,,god',s ,word1 and to pray     with    
him40  ,canon ,,lxvii41 #afjc-d4      8 
444 ,and when any is passing out of this
 life1 a ,bell shall be     tolled1 and 
the ,minister shall not then slack to do
 his last     duty4 ,and after the      
party's death1 if it so fall out1 there 
shall be rung no more than one short    
peal1 and one other before     the      
burial1 and one other after the burial40
  ,canon ,,lxxxviii41 #afjc-d4          
8,the ,churchwardens or ,questmen1 and  
their ,assistants1 shall     suffer no  

plays1 feasts1 banquets1 suppers1       
church-ales1     drinkings1 temporal    
courts1 or leets1 lay-juries1 musters1  
or     any other profane usage1 to be   
kept in the church1 chapel1 or          
churchyard1 neither the ,bells to be    
rung superstitiously upon               
,holy-,days or ,eves abrogated by the   
,book of ,common ,prayer1 nor     at any
 other times1 without good cause1 to be 
allowed by the     ,minister of the     
place1 and by themselves40  ,the ,belfry
 is a part of the ,church1--and is1 as  
is the rest of the ,church1 dedicated to
 ,,god--any profane use of the ,belfry1 
or any use of it for common worldly     
purposes1 any unholy1 light1 irreverent 
conduct there1 is a direct sin against  
,,god--a breaking of the ,third         
,commandment4  ,the ,bells are to the   
whole parish what a ,church ,organ is to
 an assembled congregation4 ,they wake  
up the heart's affections1 and lead us  
in our praises to ,,god4--,but they have
 a holy use and purpose of still broader

 character3--,they call us to the       
,church1 and tell us it is time for     
public ,prayer1 and bid all come who    
can--,they warn1 too1 those who cannot  
come1 that it is prayer-time now1 that  
they may raise their hearts with us1 and
 wish that they were with us1 and send  
their desires heavenward1 and have      
direct communion with us in our prayers1
 though absent in the body--,they preach
 to all continually of death and        
,judgment1 of ,heaven and ,hell1--and   
while they invite the willing1 they warn
 those who will not come--,they remind  
us all1 amid our busy occupations1 twice
 every day1 that this is not our        
continuing city1 that we are but        
pilgrims and sojourners upon earth2 and 
while they warn the slothful ,christian1
 thus continually1 to 8gird up his      
loins0 and haste heavenwards1 they      
preach to those who never hear another  
preacher1 and tell them of a ,judgment  
to come4 ,again1--,they wake the heart  
to gladness on all the ,holy ,feast     

,days of the ,church1 loudly calling    
upon us to 8rejoice in the ,,lord02 and 
in times of fasting and                 
humiliation1--eloquent by their silence 
or by their mournful sounds1 they call  
us to penitence and sorrow4 ,again1--,if
 any of our neighbours1 rich or poor1 be
 joined together by ,holy ,church in    
marriage1 the ,bells ring out their     
cheerful peal of joy1 bidding us all to 
raise up our hearts in thanksgiving with
 our brethren 7whose marriage           
8represents unto us the mystical union  
which is betwixt ,,christ and ,his      
,church07--for that 8marriage is        
honourable in all men10 and 8if one     
member be honoured1 all the members     
rejoice40 ,again1--,when any is passing 
out of this life1 the 8,passing ,bell0  
is tolled1 acquainting us with that     
awful circumstance1 warning us that our 
own time may even now be at hand1 and   
calling upon us to pray for our         
departing brother1 that in this 8his    
hour of death the ,good ,,lord may      

deliver him10 and 8not suffer him1 for  
any pains of death1 to fall from        
,,god10--that one and all of us1        
,minister and people1 whether present   
with our suffering brother or absent    
from him1 may put up to ,,god1 in his   
and in our own behalf1 8the             
,commendatory ,prayer for a ,sick       
,person at the point of departure10     
which is provided for us in our ,prayer 
,book1 at the end of the service for    
8the ,visitation of the ,sick40 ,and    
when the soul is departed and delivered 
from this death-bearing body1 the ,bells
 ring out in notes of solemn            
cheerfulness their peal of chastened    
joy1 calling us to thankfulness for our 
brother's deliverance from trial and    
difficulty and peril--this sinful1      
tempting1 ever dangerous world4 ,and    
when the body of our brother is being   
carried to its resting place1 to be laid
 up in safety for the ,resurrection1 and
 after1 too1 it is deposited in the     
tomb1 the ,bells ring out again their   

note of praise1 bidding us to 8sorrow   
not as those that have no hope10 for    
that 8the soul of him which has departed
 hence in the ,,lord1 is now in joy and 
felicity10 and that 8this corruptible   
body shall put on                       
incorruption20--reminding us that with  
respect to him we have neither time nor 
cause for grief--that we must one and   
all of us return each to the diligent   
performance of the hard-handed duties of
 his own position1--and that while we   
8work out our own salvation1 with fear  
and trembling0 with reference to        
ourselves1--with reference to him we may
 8go on our way rejoicing40  ,thus holy 
are the ,church ,bells--and thus great  
is their holy usefulness to us4 ,if1    
therefore1 they are used for any common 
purposes--if upon occasions of mere     
worldly joy--if when the ,church would  
call us all to gladness1 her bells are  
made to sound the note of sorrow--if    
their sweet voices should be bought and 
sold1 loudly proclaiming the rich man's 

weal or woe1 and silent or almost silent
 about ,,christ',s poor--then is their  
usefulness destroyed1 their holy purpose
 abolished or reversed1 and a grievous  
sin is committed against the ,church1   
and against ,,god to ,whom they are     
dedicated4  ,but of the ,ringers--the   
,bells are dumb without them4 ,it is    
they who enable the ,bells to put forth 
their solemn sound1 and tune them to    
their various purposes4 ,how holy1      
therefore1 is the ,ringers' office6 ,how
 deeply religious is the service of such
 men6 ,how careful should they be about 
their manner of ringing6 ,how sinful    
must any carelessness of ringing be6    
,how very sinful any levity of behaviour
 in the performance of their duties6    
,and1--inasmuch as no one can occupy a  
holy office without incurring a largely 
increased responsibility for the        
attainment of individual holiness2 and  
no one who does not become better by    
exercising or holding a holy office can 
fail of becoming worse--how very careful

 should all who are in authority be     
about the appointment and the conduct of
 the ,ringers6 ,how very watchful should
 the ,ringers be of their own lives and 
conversation6  ,suggestions--      #a4  
,that the ,belfry should be carefully   
kept as clean1 and in     as good repair
 7both substantial and ornamental7 as   
any other     part of the ,church4 ,and 
that it should be decorated with ,texts 
of ,scripture and other appropriate     
ornaments4--,if possible1 the           
,belfry should be open to the body of   
the ,church--or at the most     divided 
from it by a low open skreen3 for any   
other arrangement     will be found very
 inconvenient for the due performance of
 the     ,ringers' duty1 and will add to
 any difficulty which may exist     in  
realizing the sanctity of the place4    
#b4 ,that no person except the ,ringers 
and other officers of the     ,church be
 permitted1 at any time1 to enter the   
,belfry1 without     the leave of the   
,minister or ,churchwardens4      #c4   

,that no person except the ,ringers be  
permitted at any time     to sound any  
of the ,bells1 without the special      
permission of     the ,minister4        
#d4 ,that the ,ringers be appointed by  
the ,minister and     ,churchwardens2   
and hold their office during good       
conduct4      #e4 ,that the ,ringers be 
regarded as a part of the general       
,choir1 and be placed in all things on  
an equality with it4      #f4 ,that two 
companies of ,ringers be appointed--each
 company     being equal in number to   
the ,bells--the one company being the   
regular ,ringers1 performing and being  
responsible for all     regular duty1   
and enjoying all emoluments--the other  
being a     supplemental company1 out of
 which any vacancy which may occur      
in the first company shall be filled up1
 and any member of     which may be     
employed by any member of the first     
company to     supply his place during  
any necessary absence4      #g4 ,that   
one member of each company of ,ringers1 

appointed by the     ,minister and      
,churchwardens1 be held responsible for 
the conduct     of the company in the   
,belfry3 and report to the ,minister and
     ,churchwardens any ill conduct     
7whether in or out of the ,belfry7      
of any member of his company1 which may 
come to his knowledge4      #h4 ,that   
the use of the ,bells be confined       
strictly to     ,ecclesiastical         
purposes4      #i4 ,that a list or table
 of the days and times and occasions of 
ringing1 signed by the ,minister and    
,churchwardens1 be suspended     in the 
,belfry and in the ,church ,porch3--with
 a statement that     no occasion       
mentioned therein is to be omitted1 but 
upon the     direction of the ,minister2
 and no occasion is to be added         
thereto1 but upon the joint direction of
 the ,minister and     ,churchwardens4  
#aj4 ,that the ringing table should     
contain the following rules3--          
a4 ,that a ,bell should be tolled 7for a
 quarter of an         hour7 before     

,morning and ,evening ,prayer--according
 to the         direction of the ,prayer
 ,book4          b4 ,that the ,bells    
should be chimed for a stated time1     
before the use of the service for the   
,holy ,communion4          c4 ,that the 
,bells should be rung in peal1 for a    
quarter         of an hour and no more1 
after every ,marriage4          d4 ,that
 the great ,bell should be tolled1      
according to the         ,canon1 7for a 
quarter of an hour7 when any is passing 
out         of this life1 or appears to 
be dying4          e4 ,that the ,bells  
should be rung1 according to the ,canon1
         in a steady1 solemn1 though    
cheerful peal1 for five minutes         
and no more1 as soon as may be after the
 death4 ,which         particular peal  
should be kept strictly for this        
purpose1         and never applied to   
any other4          f4 ,that the ,bells 
should be rung or chimed1 according to  
the ,canon1 in a steady1 grave1 and     
solemn1 though cheerful         peal    

7kept strictly for this purpose7 for ten
 minutes         before every ,burial4  
g4 ,that the ,bells should be rung1     
according to the ,canon1         in a   
steady1 solemn1 though more cheerful    
peal 7kept         strictly for this    
purpose7 for five minutes after every   
,burial4#a          h4 ,that the ,bells 
should be rung in peal at early morning 
7for a quarter of an hour7 and at other 
specified times1         on every       
,,lord',s day1 and on every other       
,festival commanded         by the      
,church to be kept holy1 and on the day 
of the         dedication of the ,parish
 ,church4          i4 ,that the ,bells  
be not rung in peal 7except the death   
and burial peals7 for any purpose1 on   
any ,friday in the         year1 except 
it be ,christmas day2--nor in the season
 of         ,lent1 except upon the      
,,lord',s day and the ,feast of the     
,annunciation4          j4 ,that at the 
opening of ,christmas day1 the ,feast of
 ,the         ,circumcision1 ,the ,feast

 of ,the ,epiphany1 ,the ,feast of ,the 
,purification1 7,presentation of        
,,christ in the ,temple71 ,the          
,feast of ,the ,annunciation            
7,incarnation71 ,easter day1 ,the       
,feast of ,the ,ascension1 and ,the     
,feast of ,pentecost1 the         ,bells
 should be rung in peal1 for five       
minutes1 at ,midnight4          k4 ,that
 on ,fridays and other ,fasting days the
 great and         little ,bell should  
be rung together1 in alternate toll1    
for a quarter of an hour at early       
morning1 and at other         specified 
times4          l4 ,that in order that  
they may have opportunity of            
practice1 a special quarter or half hour
 be appointed1 on         each          
,festival1 for the second company of    
,ringers to ring in         peal4       
#aa4 ,that1 in order to prevent any     
mercenary use of the ,bells1     or any 
difference being made between ,rich and 
,poor1 with     respect to them1 and in 
order to secure a fair remuneration to  

the ,ringers1 a regular definite yearly 
salary should be paid to     the first  
company of ,ringers2 and no ,ringer     
should be permitted     to receive any  
payment or gratuity for the performance 
of his     duty1 on any special         
occasion4  ,very beneficial results have
 been obtained from the following out of
 this system2 and it has become evident 
to those who have tried it1 that the    
more perfectly it is carried out1 so1   
much more than in due proportion1 are   
the benefits4 ,indeed1 after the first  
difficulties are overcome1 it is much   
easier to carry out the whole system    
than a part of it--for1 when in action1 
as a whole1 it has a completeness and   
consistency and beauty which approves it
 to the minds of thinking persons       
generally--of those even1 who from      
circumstances1 are a 8not well affected 
to the ,church40  ,perhaps the most     
difficult part of the system to carry   
out1 or rather to begin upon1 in some   
places1 would be the ,church's rule     

concerning ringing at a death and before
 and after a burial2 and yet in some    
parts of the ,midland1 ,western and     
,northern ,counties this rule is1 and   
always has been1 complied with4 ,not1   
indeed1 for all--for the poor cannot pay
 the ,ringers6 and the rich consider it 
8vulgar066--but for yeomen and          
tradespeople2 and in other parts of the 
country1 e4g4 in ,cornwall1 the doggrel 
verses which are found in the ,belfries1
 bear witness that the observance of the
 rule was maintained up to no very      
distant period4 ,however1 people        
generally have such heathenish notions  
concerning death and burial that the    
great majority of them1 in almost every 
parish1 would require much instruction  
concerning them1 according to the tone  
of our praise-breathing ,burial         
,service1 before they could be expected 
to understand and appreciate the        
,church's rule with respect to her      
,bells on these occasions4 ,if1 however1
 careful explanation were tenderly and  

lovingly given1 and the peals for the   
several occasions properly and          
judiciously chosen1 and carefully kept  
for those occasions only1 so that 8the  
trumpet0 should not at any time 8give an
 uncertain sound10--it would soon be    
found that the observance of the rule is
 greatly conducive in spreading and     
deepening more ,christian principles and
 feelings concerning death4  ,it is true
 that occasions might occur1 and that   
not unfrequently in many parishes1 when 
the sound of thanksgiving for the death 
of one for whom he could have but little
 hope1 would grate harshly upon the     
,clergyman's ear1 and wake up strange   
contending feelings in his heart4 ,but  
surely the sound of thanksgiving from   
the ,church tower cannot be             
inappropriate when the words of         
thanksgiving from the ,priest's own     
mouth1 in the ,burial ,service1 are not 
so2 and it would not only be possible1  
but greatly beneficial to the parish1   
7both in its immediate effect1 and as   

paving the way for a return to a more   
complete system of ,christian           
discipline7 to silence the ,bells on    
particular occasions1 and forbid the    
accustomed sound of public thanksgiving1
 on the departure of such as had lived  
unholy lives4#b  ,another difficulty    
which will be likely to present itself  
in many places1 is the provision of a   
fixed yearly salary for the ,ringers4   
,but the difficulty1 however great1 is  
as nothing in proportion to the benefits
 which will accrue4 ,and while the      
accomplishment of the object is worth   
any effort and almost any sacrifice1 the
 difficulty will seldom be found so     
great as it may at first sight appear4  
,in a parish which had six ,bells1 where
 the price of labour was at about the   
average rate in country towns1 where the
 population was between four and five   
thousand1 the great majority of which   
were ,church people1 and where there was
 a double daily service1 7without which 
,i do not suppose that the system would 

do much1 if any good7--the whole annual 
expense was less than #ai4 ,but it is   
evident that the expense would be       
different for different parishes3 in    
fact1 for one fixed element in          
calculating the expense there are three 
variable elements4 ,the fixed element is
 the number of ordinary days and ,holy  
,days in the year4 ,the variable        
elements are1 #a1 the ordinary price of 
labour in the parish3 #b1 the number of 
,bells3 #c1 the average number of       
,marriages and ,burials--which must of  
course be dependent upon the number and 
character of the population4  ,in making
 a calculation of the proper amount of  
salary1 the price of labour should1 for 
obvious reasons1 be reckoned higher than
 that usually paid in the parish1 and   
the number of ,marriages and ,burials at
 above the average1 in cases where all  
have not been brought to ,church2       
inasmuch as any such return to          
consistent holy practice1 if done in a  
,christian loving manner1 is sure to win

 the affections of the people4  ,for    
raising the required amount1 whatever it
 may be1 a well-affected parish would   
doubtless contribute something from its 
8,rates0--if not all1 as the law        
requires it to do4 ,there might also be 
a collection at the ,offertory1 once or 
twice a year1 for the purpose3--and     
there might be 8a ,ringers' ,box0 placed
 in the ,church1 under the lock and care
 of the ,minister and ,churchwardens1 to
 receive contributions of 8the faithful0
 toward defraying the expenses of this  
part of ,divine worship4--,lastly1 in   
parishes which are moderately well      
endowed1 the ,priest may well take it   
into consideration1 whether he may not  
duteously and beneficially devote some  
small portion1 at any rate1 of the      
income which is entrusted to him for the
 furtherance of the spiritual well-being
 of his flock1 to the honour of ,,god   
and the welfare of ,his people1 in this 
so very important branch of ,his        
service4  #a ,there is evidence that in 

the ,sixteenth ,century one hour was not
 too long for the short peal after the  
death1 and half an hour for that at the 
burial2 but the writer has found from   
experience that a much shorter time is  
now advisable1 at any rate in commencing
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